Example sentences of "this may [verb] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may appear to conflict with the above paragraph , but either point can be valid depending on the location and the circumstances . |
| 2 | This may involve sharing in the experience of those under study and trying to put oneself in their position . |
| 3 | It is impossible to lay down precisely the contents of this rule as this may vary depending on the circumstances and the type of function being exercised . |
| 4 | The investigation team considered that this fault reoccurred and that this may have account for the aircraft making its first approach toward the built-up area of Basle to the east of the airport . |
| 5 | Leslie had stated that he actually saw a telegram saying that ‘ all had been caught ’ , but this may have referred to the four spies which had been picked up near Rye in Kent . |
| 6 | However , plasma triglycerides were elevated in the diabetic animals soon after the induction of the disease and the authors speculated that this may have contributed to the development of the platelet and vessel-wall changes . |
| 7 | The results of the changed balance are more certain ; there were attempts at repressing wages by law , and this may have contributed to the outbreak of the Great Revolt of 1381 ( Ch.3 ) . |
| 8 | Issues of government stock declined and this may have contributed to the lower trend in rates of interest . |
| 9 | This may have contributed to the vigour with which he immersed himself in the growing student unrest that was a feature if the political upheavals of the time . |
| 10 | One reason for this may have lain in the unwillingness of biologists to accept the highly abstract nature of his theory . |
| 11 | This project is for a one year study into pay determination processes in the UK in manufacturing industry , and in particular to examine the effect of bargaining structure and how this may have changed in the period 1979-1985 . |
| 12 | Astronomical evidence suggests that this may have occurred in the first half of the year 5 BC . |
| 13 | This may have occurred in the western Pacific Ocean where the age of the lithosphere presently being subducted indicates that cooling over a period of about 180 200 Ma is required for this process of spontaneous subduction to occur . |
| 14 | This may have resulted from the natural shyness of these wives . |